Metaphors We Live By
The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of...
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The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them.In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226468013 (0226468011)
ASIN: 226468011
Publish date: April 15th 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Academic,
Humanities,
Language,
Science,
Criticism,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Theory
Profound implications for education, I think. Lakoff and Johnson explain how we make sense of the world.
The first half of this book was a sheer joy to read, uncovering patterns not only of language use but of thought. I was really able to personally relate to the examples given. The end of the book became continually more philosophical, uncovering some interesting insights into objectivism, subjecti...
George Lakoff was one of my professors as an undergrad. Wish I hadn't been such a slacker - I hardly remember reading this book. (Knowing me, I probably never really did.)
This book is very frequently quoted by linguists - I just looked it up on Google Scholar, and found a staggering 13517 citations. Nearly everyone has at least glanced through it, and the ideas have permeated the field. There was a nice Lakoff-related moment during one of the invited talks at a confe...
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